Rustico/casale
PROGETTO LIVING IMMOBILIARE vi propone, nel comune di Chianciano Terme, un appartamento rurale in campagna, di circa 105 mq oltre il balcone, con ingresso indipendente in una piccola palazzina tri-familiare. La casa è circondata dal terreno di proprietà di circa 5000 mq dove si trova un capannone, vendibile anche separatamente. La casa, terra tetto, libera su tre lati, si compone...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €165,000 for 196 m² the listing is €842/m²; assuming a modest habitable-standard renovation of €200/m² yields an effective ≈€1,042/m² versus the Tuscany baseline €500/m², so this is priced well above market. The listing does not state the condition and the text inconsistently mentions ~105 m² while facts list 196 m², reducing confidence.
More on the house and the area
Solid, liveable rural house with good-sized private land but plain, dated interiors. Best seen as a comfortable project: move-in possible after modest upgrades, while the outbuilding will need renovation if you want to use it.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€13,000 – €22,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
- Interior is very dated and will need kitchen and bathroom modernization
- Only one bathroom for a large house/5 beds
- Large outbuilding (capannone) is unfinished and currently used as storage — extra works likely
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 63/100The area sits on the southern Tuscan hill country between the Val di Chiana and the Orcia basin. Monte Cetona and the first ridges of the Val d'Orcia/Monte Amiata side are within this radius, giving a landscape of cultivated hills, woods and ravines rather than plain farmland. Chiusi and Montepulciano are the nearest larger historic centres, with rail services at Chiusi-Chianciano Terme and a substantial old hill town at Montepulciano. The Val d'Orcia UNESCO landscape begins nearby around Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia, but its core scenery is outside the immediate 15 km radius, so it does not define the score here. The area is known for thermal waters, vineyards producing Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and olive groves.